Cup - 2021 - Buschy McBusch Race 400

Date: 2021-05-02 | Track: Kansas Speedway

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Three ways to measure this race

Official winner TLS leader Best ARP
Driver Kyle Busch (#18) Kyle Larson (#5) Kyle Larson (#5)
Finish P1 P19 P19
TLS points 9722 9831 9831
ARP 3.72 3.32 3.32
Laps led 20 132 132

Three different ways to measure a race — and they often point to different drivers.

Official winner — Kyle Busch (#18): where the car was at the checkered flag (P1). Led 20 laps with 3.72 average running position and 9,722 TLS points.

TLS leader — Kyle Larson (#5): most position-weighted points across every scored lap (9,831 points). Finished P19 with 132 laps led and 3.32 ARP. TLS rewards running up front all afternoon, not only the final lap.

Best ARP — same as the TLS leader (3.32). The official winner ran a worse average position (3.72).

The checkered flag reflects who survived the final seconds. TLS reflects where drivers ran across the whole race. ARP tells you the typical running spot — but not who banked the most valuable laps.

Finish Position Points Position Driver Car Number Manufacturer Team Start Position Laps Led ARP Points
1 2 Kyle Busch 18 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 9 20 3.72 9722
2 4 Kevin Harvick 4 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 4 0 7.40 8737
3 3 Brad Keselowski 2 Ford Team Penske 1 72 4.18 9600
4 12 Matt DiBenedetto 21 Ford Wood Brothers Racing 5 0 12.01 7500
5 7 Chase Elliott 9 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 17 0 8.61 8412
6 8 Martin Truex Jr. 19 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 15 0 9.15 8268
7 9 Tyler Reddick 8 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 11 0 9.75 8108
8 17 Chris Buescher 17 Ford Roush Fenway Racing 16 13 16.98 6169
9 10 William Byron 24 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 2 0 10.01 8038
10 13 Austin Dillon 3 Chevrolet Richard Childress Racing 6 0 12.50 7371
11 19 Daniel Suarez 99 Chevrolet TrackHouse Racing 21 0 19.63 5460
12 6 Denny Hamlin 11 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 20 7 8.24 8511
13 20 Michael McDowell 34 Ford Front Row Motorsports 3 0 20.50 5227
14 15 Ross Chastain 42 Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing 24 0 16.41 6321
15 14 Kurt Busch 1 Chevrolet Chip Ganassi Racing 28 0 13.26 7165
16 30 Ryan Newman 6 Ford Roush Fenway Racing 14 0 27.64 3312
17 16 Joey Logano 22 Ford Team Penske 29 0 16.85 6204
18 21 Alex Bowman 48 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 25 0 20.62 5193
19 1 Kyle Larson 5 Chevrolet Hendrick Motorsports 32 132 3.32 9831
20 26 Chase Briscoe # 14 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 19 0 24.94 4037
21 5 Ryan Blaney 12 Ford Team Penske 7 0 7.58 8688
22 33 * Austin Cindric(i) 33 Ford Team Penske 38 0 0.00 0
23 24 Anthony Alfredo # 38 Ford Front Row Motorsports 22 0 24.30 4192
24 23 Cole Custer 41 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 10 0 23.76 4337
25 27 Erik Jones 43 Chevrolet Richard Petty Motorsports 27 0 26.29 3661
26 22 Bubba Wallace 23 Toyota 23XI Racing 13 0 21.79 4863
27 28 Corey LaJoie 7 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 26 0 26.25 3657
28 11 Christopher Bell 20 Toyota Joe Gibbs Racing 8 0 10.69 7797
29 25 Aric Almirola 10 Ford Stewart-Haas Racing 18 0 24.61 4078
30 33 Justin Haley(i) 77 Chevrolet Spire Motorsports 31 0 0.00 0
31 33 BJ McLeod(i) 78 Ford Live Fast Motorsports 30 0 0.00 0
32 29 * Ryan Preece 37 Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing 12 0 27.06 3364
33 33 Garrett Smithley(i) 53 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 36 0 0.00 0
34 18 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 Chevrolet JTG Daugherty Racing 23 23 18.86 5474
35 33 Joey Gase(i) 15 Chevrolet Rick Ware Racing 35 0 0.00 0
36 33 Cody Ware(i) 51 Chevrolet Petty Ware Racing 33 0 0.00 0
37 31 Quin Houff 00 Chevrolet StarCom Racing 34 0 36.34 940
38 33 * Matt Mills(i) 55 Ford B.J. McLeod Motorsports 39 0 0.00 0
39 32 Josh Bilicki 52 Ford Rick Ware Racing 37 0 38.61 348

Season Points Standings (Up to This Race)

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Rank Driver Car Number Season Points Average Running Position Total Laps Led Points this race
1 Denny Hamlin 11 102857 6.60 744 8511
2 Martin Truex Jr. 19 96812 8.78 360 8268
3 William Byron 24 92849 10.15 150 8038
4 Joey Logano 22 90851 8.15 324 6204
5 Ryan Blaney 12 89032 10.14 229 8688
6 Brad Keselowski 2 86152 10.54 191 9600
7 Kyle Busch 18 85837 11.87 34 9722
8 Kevin Harvick 4 85794 11.05 29 8737
9 Chase Elliott 9 85192 10.59 76 8412
10 Kyle Larson 5 84133 11.53 511 9831
11 Christopher Bell 20 79357 11.00 48 7797
12 Austin Dillon 3 78569 13.71 8 7371
13 Alex Bowman 48 74288 11.89 11 5193
14 Matt DiBenedetto 21 72633 15.50 28 7500
15 Ricky Stenhouse Jr. 47 70447 16.70 24 5474
16 Kurt Busch 1 68156 14.88 3 7165
17 Chris Buescher 17 65643 16.35 70 6169
18 Tyler Reddick 8 65262 18.45 7 8108
19 Bubba Wallace 23 63177 18.82 46 4863
20 Cole Custer 41 58780 18.85 1 4337
21 Ross Chastain 42 58028 17.82 12 6321
22 Ryan Newman 6 57494 18.63 2 3312
23 Michael McDowell 34 56500 19.33 10 5227
24 Daniel Suarez 99 55251 18.87 74 5460
25 Aric Almirola 10 53196 18.01 16 4078
26 * Ryan Preece 37 51531 20.69 9 3364
27 Erik Jones 43 51521 20.82 7 3661
28 Chase Briscoe # 14 50368 22.54 1 4037
29 Corey LaJoie 7 38544 25.04 12 3657
30 Anthony Alfredo # 38 28877 27.77 1 4192
31 Quin Houff 00 19122 31.74 0 940
32 Josh Bilicki 52 15047 33.94 0 348
33 James Davison 15 9530 32.49 0 0
34 Joey Gase(i) 53 6196 30.63 0 0
35 * Kaz Grala 16 5270 22.87 10 0
36 Jamie McMurray 77 4907 16.59 0 0
37 Cody Ware(i) 51 3643 22.51 0 0
38 * Mike Marlar 66 2450 30.00 0 0
39 Chris Windom 15 588 30.67 0 0
40 * Timmy Hill(i) 66 482 37.05 0 0
41 Scott Heckert 78 474 34.32 0 0
42 * David Ragan 36 372 14.43 0 0
43 Shane Golobic 78 260 33.50 0 0
44 Derrike Cope 15 54 27.50 0 0